Remote staffing services for U.S.-based employees

Remote staffing services recruit for jobs done from home, or from a mix of home and office. The service finds candidates beyond your area, screens them for the job and for working on their own, and runs the interviews over video. With Digital Storming, the person you hire becomes your employee; we don’t employ them for you.

Only if you use E-Verify: employers may examine Form I-9 documents over live video only if they take part in E-Verify and are in good standing. USCIS allows remote examination of documents for employers that participate in E-Verify in good standing. You review copies of the documents, then see the same documents with the employee on a live video call, keep clear copies and check the box on Form I-9 showing you used the alternative procedure. If you offer it at a hiring site, you must offer it to everyone there, though you may limit it to remote hires as long as it isn’t used to discriminate. Without E-Verify, plan for the documents to be examined in person.

Usually, yes: plan to set up payroll in the state where your remote employee works. Federal law requires you to report new hires to the state where they work within 20 days, and some states want it sooner. State unemployment insurance laws aim to cover all of one person’s work for one employer under a single state’s law, starting with the state where the work is localized. Income tax withholding differs by state, so your payroll provider or accountant confirms which accounts to open before the first paycheck.

Digital Storming interviews remote candidates on live video with cameras on, using the same core questions for every finalist. We add a short task that matches the job and try the tools the person will use. You get written notes on each finalist before you meet them.

Each new state adds setup. For new hire reports, an employer with staff in more than one state can register with HHS as a multistate employer and send every report to one of those states. Other state accounts still follow each state’s own rules. If you’d like to track candidates and hires in one place, we also build applicant trackers and HR CRMs.

Working from home doesn’t change the test. If you direct what the person does and how, the same classification questions apply as for someone in your office. Our temporary and contract staffing page covers the federal tests, and your accountant or employment lawyer makes the call.

No. Digital Storming’s remote staffing covers only employees who live and work in the United States, where Form I-9 and state payroll rules apply. To bring a foreign worker to a job in the U.S., see international recruitment.

Remote searches are priced per role and per type of search. Tell us about the job through the contact form, by phone or by email, and we’ll send a written quote before anything starts.